Chadwick Boseman Signed For Five Film Deal As Marvel Studios Adds Diversity To Lineup

Marvel has big plans for the Black Panther as actor Chadwick Boseman has been signed to a lucrative five-film deal, Deadline reports.

Boseman is scheduled to appear in Captain America: Civil War and will reprise his role as the Wakandan superhero in a stand-alone film slated to be released in November, 2017. While Boseman will join other diverse characters, he is the first non-white superhero to receive a solo movie from Marvel Studios.

Also announced at the Phase 3 unveiling event was Captain Marvel which is slated for a 2018 release. Like Black Panther, the Captain Marvel film will provide diversity to the superhero lineup making her the first super heroine to get a standalone movie from the studio.

Deadline reports that when asked if Marvel would hire African-American or female directors for the Black Panther and Captain Marvel movies, Feige was nondescript in his reply. “We’re looking for the best directors possible,” he said, acknowledging that producer-director Reginald Hudlin is one filmmaker with Marvel ties. The Django Unchained producer actually penned the Black Panther comics in the 2000s. “Reggie I’ve known for many years and is a great guy — I think I’m meeting him again shortly.”